Britton Monroe Cox, 18, died Monday, July 3, 2017, in Manning.
Born in Sumter, he was a son of Miles Patrick Cox and Tammye Lynn Cook Cox.
Britton was employed at Mid-Carolina Exterminating Company and was an avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. He was very mechanically inclined. Britton loved people and had a wonderful positive energy. He always kept a smile on his face and the face of others.
Survivors include his father and stepmother, Julie Boyce Cox, of Sumter; his mother and her companion, Geoff Carr, of Sumter; a son, River West of Sumter; a brother, Miles Hamilton Cox of Sumter; a step-brother, Lake Kirven of Sumter; a stepsister, T.J. Kirby (Kevin Moye) of SUmter; his girlfriend, Randi West of Sumter; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2017, in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jock Hendricks officiating.
The family will receive friends following the memorial service and other times at the home, 312 Winn St. in Sumter.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the River West Educational Fund, in care of Edward Jones, to the attention of Amanda Miller, 2065 Wedgefield Road, Sumter, SC 29154.
Online condolences may be left at www.sumterfunerals.com.

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Comment by Hallie

July 6, 2017 at 12:32

Rest easy babyboy. I keep going to pick up the phone to FaceTime you or say come over and can’t but everything happens for a reason b cox. I know Randi and yalls families willl take good care of River. Rest easy Britton. Will never forget you. <3